From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jesper.juhl@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Process: Add a note about git way of applying patch
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:25:54 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8734zq3yjh.fsf@meer.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZPnJDTcKb5Wf30Zl@Gentoo>
Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com> writes:
> On 06:48 Thu 07 Sep 2023, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>>Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> cc: jesper.juhl@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 7 +++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
>>> index c269f5e1a0a3..201b9900bffe 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
>>> +++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
>>> @@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Applying Patches To The Linux Kernel
>>> Original by:
>>> Jesper Juhl, August 2005
>>>
>>> +
>>> +.. applying patch by Git::
>>> +
>>> + You can use the below syntax to patch in git repository
>>> + git-apply --whitespace=error-all <patchfile>
>>> +
>>> +
>>> .. note::
>>>
>>> This document is obsolete. In most cases, rather than using ``patch``
>>
>>So why are you sending a patch ... with no changelog
>
> My bad. Realized it once send it.
>
>
>>to a document that is explicitly marked as being obsolete?
>
> I thought if people visit that page , that note might help.
>
> Are we taking out that page from the doc? Why that page is still there?
I would happily remove it, but ran into resistance (a few years ago)
when I suggested it.
Thanks,
jon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-07 17:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-07 11:52 [PATCH] Documentation: Process: Add a note about git way of applying patch Bhaskar Chowdhury
2023-09-07 12:48 ` Jonathan Corbet
2023-09-07 12:58 ` Bhaskar Chowdhury
2023-09-07 13:25 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
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